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, (No Model.)

I'. ROBBIN.

y SLED PROPBLLER. No. 374,428. Patented Deo. 6, 1887.

lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED ROBBIN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO PHILLIP H. YAVMAN AND GUSTAV ERBE, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SLED-PROPELLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,428, dated December 6, 1887.

Application tiled August 22, 1887. Serial No. 947,555). (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, FRED ROBBIN, of Roclr ester, county of Monroe, and State of N ew York, have invented an Improvement in Sleds, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification,like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to provide a sled with propelling devices adapted to be operated by the hands of the rider.

In accordance with this invention two bars or guideways are placed, one at each side of thesled,upon which are mounted suitable slide blocks, each adapted to receive and hold an operating-lever, one end of which is preferably bent and sharpened to engage the ice or snow,

' and the other end is provided with a handle,

by which it may be operated. The operatinglevers are arranged at an angle with relationl to thelength of the sled, so that by simply drawing the handle .portions thereof towand the rider the opposite end will engage the ice or snow, and then as the slide-blocks are moved upon the bars or guideways the sled will be caused to move ahead. The seat for the rider is also preferably made to slide hdrizontally. A suitable brakeis e1nployed,which may be operated, when desired, by the foot.

Figure 1 shows inv horizontal section a sled embodying this invention, the section being taken on the dotted line x x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a cross-section of the sled on the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a perspective View of the runners; Fig. 4, aperspective view of another-form of frame, and Fig. 5 a modicationto be referred to.

The top board, a, and the runners b b, secured to the top board at 2, form the main frame of the sled, the runners b b preferably being made of a single rod or bar of iron bent, as shown in Fig. 3 or 4, to have its ends c0n nected with the top or board at its opposite ends. A seat, c, is mounted to slide upon suitable guides fixed at the upper side of the top board, a. At each side of the sliding seat,and preferably directly beneath the top board, a, is 'a guide-rail, d, which receives a slide-block,d'. Each slide-block d receives an operating-lever, f, preferably made of a rod or bar of iron or steel bent at right angles, as at 5 and 6,to form a handle portion,f, and also au engaging end or portion, f", the bar for a short distance between the bends 5 and G being extended horizontall y through the said slide-blocks, so as to slide freely therein as the levers are being operated. Each lever f has a handle, Ah, and the lower end of each lever is bent and sharpened to engage or cut into the ice or snow.

It will be seen that the rider, sitting upon the seat o, placing his feet upon the portion 50 of the frame, which serves as a foot-rest, and grasping the handles 7L of the operating-levers, by simply drawing them toward him causes the sharpened ends f2 to cut into the ice or snow, and thereafter the slideblocks will be moved rearwardly, the operation being similar to that of rowing,the result being that the sled is moved ahead or in the direction in which the rider is facing. oted to the underside of thetop board,a.,which lever is connected to a pivoted lever, g', by a connecting-rod, g2. The lever g is preferably pivoted to the runner-frame at the front end ofthe sled, audits upper end Ais provided with a pedal, g3, against which the feet of the rider may be pressed to move said lever, and thereby throw the brake-leverg into engagement with the ice or snow.

It is obvious that various forms of brake-levers vmay be provided; so I do not desire to limit my invention to any particular form of lever. `lThe operating levers, bent as shown and described, may subserve the purpose of a brake by pulling both handles simultaneously and holding them, and also these levers serve as a steering device, which is effected by pulling one handle only at a time.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the guidevrails for the slide-block d as `attached directly to the under side of the top board, a, at its outer edge,so that the operating-leverworks outside of the runners.

I claim- 1. In a sled, the top board, runners,

A brake-lever, g, is pivguide-rails at each side, combined with the ICO rails, and thepvoted operating-levers bent at In testimony whereof Ihave signedmyname Substantially right angles to present a horto this specification in lche presence of two subzontal bearing portion, an upwardly eXtendseribng witnesses.

ing handle porti0n,anda downwardly-extend- 5 ing engaging portion, substantially as de- FRED ROBBIN.

scribed.

3. In a sled, the main frame,thegl1iderails, Vitnesses: slide-blocks, and operating-levers, combined CHRISTOPHER C. WERNER, with the sliding seat, substantially as de- JOSEPH HUEACHEL.

1o scribed. 

